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. 2000 Sep;9(Suppl 3):iii70–iii71. doi: 10.1136/tc.9.suppl_3.iii70

Decreasing environmental tobacco smoke exposure among low income children: preliminary findings

M Hovell, J Zakarian, G Matt, C Hofstetter, J Bernert, J Pirkle
PMCID: PMC1766307  PMID: 10982913

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